Newton Falls News

Officials in Ohio have drastically lowered the legal weight limit on a historic covered bridge that was damaged by a delivery truck.

Frank DeSalvo, 89, entered into eternal rest Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009, at Robinson Memorial Hospital, Ravenna.

Emil A. ''Sam'' Hank, 87, died at 8:20 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, at Forum Health Trumbull Memorial Hospital following a brief illness.

"Whatever happened to . . .?" is a weekly series updating some of the most newsworthy and interesting local stories covered in The Plain Dealer.

Trumbull County voters on Tuesday will decide if road and bridge improvements around the county are worth paying up to $10 more in license registration fees.

NORTH JACKSON a ' A Trumbull County man charged with breaking into a current and former school and several businesses this week was lodged in Mahoning County jail pending his Monday arraignment in Mahoning County Area Court in Austintown.

For those people looking to obtain their seasonal flu shots at area health departments, it may be too late.

A middle school football game is called off after an 8th grade player claims a coach assaulted him.

NEWTON FALLS a ' A young doughnut-shop delivery driver from Canton, unfamiliar with his vehicle and Newton Falls, drove the box truck through the historic Newton Falls Covered Bridge on July 10, damaging trusses and beams all through the structure.

One year after he was found dead in a Newton Falls holding cell, Zackary Dunn's mother said she still is not satisfied with the investigation that ruled Dunn's death a suicide that could not have been prevented.

Several Trumbull County prisoners have helped clean up the community. The Sheriff's Inmate Clean-up Program has collected 9000 pounds of trash and cut more than 2500 lawns these past few months.

NEWTON FALLS a ' An eight-point buck charged through the front window of the Movie Gallery, 175 Broad St., walked around inside, then walked back out through the hole in the window that he made.

Margaret Sipka, 88, formerly of Newton Falls, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, Oct.

WARREN a ' A hearing planned for Wednesday morning is canceled after Judge Thomas A. Swift ruled he does not have jurisdiction to hear a complaint made by five Newton Falls citizens against two current council members.

Ila A. Sherman, 90, entered into eternal rest on Friday Oct. 2, 2009, at Laurie Ann Nursing Home.

Still angered that a suspected Trumbull County murderer is loose in Brazil, Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins proposed Monday that American athletes boycott the 2016 Olympics in Rio de?Janeiro. It's a simple idea, but Watkins feels that if the injustice over the March 12, 2007, murder of Newton Falls Air Force reservist Karl Hoerig goes ...

Voters in Trumbull County have many pocketbook reasons to vote this November. Two countywide measures initiated by county engineer David DeChristofaro would place a five dollar tax on license plates purchased for each vehicle.

Raymond A. Page, 88, of Newton Falls, passed peacefully on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, at his residence.

Three teenagers in Newton Falls are in custody accused of stealing guns from one of their fathers.

There is a difference in security between a candidate and an actual sitting president, say those who will be working today's visit of President Barack Obama to the General Motors complex.